The Eight Composers you couldn't Live Without. 8 only, no additions,no other rules

[Nick Armstrong]

Can't believe I left out Sibelius...

[teamsaint]

I take my socks off!

what for?
For what purpose? or activity?

anyway , Like the idea of
a) todays list
b). allowing Bach and Beethoven as given.
personally, I would allow Brahms as a Given, so that LVB could have the weekends off, but thats just me.

Now, who wrote "Sailing", I wonder..............

[teamsaint]

Can't believe I left out Sibelius...

and you a mod.......
Put it down to Friday fatigue, and forgive yourself.





We'll just pop it in the memory banks.....

[Nick Armstrong]

what for?
For what purpose? or activity?

Working on your ahinton impression, teams?

[VodkaDilc]

Bach
Beethoven
Schubert
Wagner
Elgar
Stravinsky
Britten
Walton

[teamsaint]

Working on your ahinton impression, teams?

Oh dear god in heaven.........i've been rumbled........perfecting that is going to take a looooooooooooooooooong time.

(with maximum respect, AH !!)

[Beef Oven!]

You missed out Dave Bartram ?

[Beef Oven!]

Oh, and Sibelius

[teamsaint]

Oh, and Sibelius

Lol !!!!!

Who?

[umslopogaas]

JS Bach
Schubert
Wagner
Verdi
Sibelius
Stravinsky
Shostakovich
Messiaen

There's a rather surprising absence of Mozart from these lists?

[gurnemanz]

To save me actually thinking about it, this is the list in order of number of CDs in my collection:

Bach
Beethoven
Schubert
Mozart
Wagner
Haydn
Brahms
Schumann

Rather predictable, Lieder-biassed and Teutonic and it might change if I pondered a while but I would be reluctant to lose any of those.

[salymap]

It is a Forum "for Radio 3 listeners" though... as opposed to a Forum "about Radio 3"...

My 8 () are:

Bach
Ravel
Fauré
Rachmaninov
Tallis
Vaughan Williams
Elgar
Mahler
Shostakovich

OK it's a 'Baker's Eight'... ! Sue me, saly



PS Finzi and Howells are on the subs' bench... with a no doubt slightly bemused Handel and a very amused Poulenc

Sue you Cali, don'tmakeme laff.

[Nick Armstrong]

Sue you Cali, don'tmakeme laff.

[Beef Oven!]

Oh yes, and Brahms and Schumann.

[MrGongGong]

Oh yes, and Brahms and Schumann.

Swop both of them for Dikmik